Adjustable hanger.



0. L. DOWNING & H. H. DULEY.

ADJUSTABLE HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED APR.28, 1908.

909,769. Patented Jan. 12,1909.

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OMER LESTLY DOWNING AND HARLEY HENSY DULEY, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

ADJUSTABLE HANGER.'

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, the following is a specication.

vide a .box or housing to be anchored intol a' This invention relates tol adjustable han -v ers forl concrete` work, and one Qfthe principal objects of the same is to provide means whereby a rod maybe connected to a ceil ing or floor and adjusted\to theirequired po sitlon. v.

Anotherobject of the invention isto p roconcrete Hoor nd to vprovide means whereby the headof a rod or bolt may be connected to the. housing and adjusted to the required position. A

These and other objects may be attained by means of the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawing,' in which,'-

Figure 1 is a sectionalview taken through the housing embedded withinthe concrete floor and the head of a rod suspended from said housing. Fig. 2 is a sectionalview lonl the line 24-2 of Fig. 1,I showing the headed rod removed.l Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the housing or casing. Fig. t isla central sectional view of the adjustable boss. Fig. I 5 1s' a'slnular view of a slightly modified torm of said boss.

Referring to the drawing for a more specific description of our invention, the niimeral 1 designatesa concrete floor, and.em.

bedded within this `floor-'isa casing .2,.said

casing having upwardly extending T-shaped -anchors 3. The-housing isv provided Awith inwardlyv extending 'base flanges 4, said fianges having notches 5 and intermediate poi-nts 6, On opposite sides ofthe` casing perforated lugs 7 areprovided.

. The tapering boss 8 'is provided with V-shaped lugs 9 which fit within the notches 5, the top or head 'of said boss having a central recess 10 for the head of the bolt and a central longitudinal bore l1. r1 `he head Speccaton of Letters Patent. Applieaaon md April 2s, 190s. serial No. 429,678.

l Patented Jan. 1'2, 1909.

port-ion of the loss lextends'beyond the V-shaped lugs 9, as at 12, to bear upon 'the flanges 4.

As shown in iFiig. 5, the boss "is provided with screw threads 13, and in this case the rod to be supported is' provided with suitable screw threads to engage the threads 13. The rod 14 may have a head 15 thereon, andsaid head may fit in the recess`10 in the boss 8.

From the foregoing it willloe obvious that our invention is of simple construction, can be readily embedded within' a flooring or other concrete structure and can be adjusted vby slightly raising the 'boss and moving 1t along. the casing, as willjbe understood. Havingfthus described the invention, what is claimed Jas new, is

V1. An adjustable hanger for concrete work comprising'acasing provided with inwardly extending base flanges forming a longitudinal opening' between them,a boss .having flanges -to bear onsaid base flanges, said flanges ofthe casing and of the boss having coacting means to lock-.the boss to the casing at any desired adjustment of the boss longi tudinallv of the casing, land a rod connected `to the boss.

2. An adjustable hanger for concrete Work comprising a casing having two upwardly extending anchors, said"casing' hav1ng 1nwardly extending notched fianges, a boss provided with -V -shaped lugs to fit/,said notches and a central bore and a suspending rod extending through said bore.

3. In an adjustable'hanger, a casing embedded within concrete material, inwardly extending flanges having notched edges, and

a boss having a head provided with a'recess,

li-shaped lugs to fit said notches, and a rod suspended `from said boss.

l v In testimony whereof we aix our signatures 1n presence oftwo witnesses.

OMER LEsTLY Do-wNrNe.

DORA RrEHAo-H, i ED. H. WILLIAMS.

,HARLEY HENEsY DULEY. i 

